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To think of testicles whenever I hold a fig?

44 replies

LadyFilthPacquet · 22/06/2018 22:06

It makes eating them a slightly weird experience.

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ScreamingValenta · 22/06/2018 22:08

I misread that as 'whenever I hold a fag' for a moment, and thought 'eh'? Grin.

TwentySmackeroos · 22/06/2018 22:09

Whenever I see soft shell crabs on a menu, I have to try very hard not to think of tarantulas.

LadyFilthPacquet · 22/06/2018 22:09

Grin Grin I am not sure I have ever held a fag.

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LadyFilthPacquet · 22/06/2018 22:09

Twenty, I am now regretting having started this thread. Tarantulas. Ugggghhh.

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camelfinger · 22/06/2018 22:11

Same. I can’t bring myself to swallow them.

suckonthatmaureen · 22/06/2018 22:11

YNBU

I've always thought that dried figs were just mummified testicles. ConfusedGrin

LadyFilthPacquet · 22/06/2018 22:14

'mummifed testicles' Grin

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TarragonChicken · 22/06/2018 22:36

Well, now you've done it! Will never look at a fig quite the same again.

MereDintofPandiculation · 22/06/2018 22:39

Have you ever read about how figs are pollinated? Remember that the flowers are on the inside of the fruit and work from there...

LankinMcElf · 22/06/2018 22:39

My DH is very fond of figs and most evenings after supper he gets them all out of the fridge and gives them a right old seeing to checking which ones are ripe😳
Me and the kids love it, loads of jokes to be had!

MissusGeneHunt · 22/06/2018 22:40

Didn't Shakespeare use a fig (an open one) as a metaphor for female genitals in one of his plays...?

Am roaring with laughter now though re the ballsack thought!!!! Excellent!!!

SerendipityFelix · 22/06/2018 22:42

I have a gorgeous mature fig tree. One of life’s most wonderful simple pleasures the last few years had been sitting in the shade under it on a hot summers day, eating a fresh, sweet, juicy just-picked fig. For a brief time all my worries and cares fall away, I exist purely in that moment and I am reminded how beautiful the world can be.

You’ve ruined it.

I hope you’re pleased with yourself.

MissusGeneHunt · 22/06/2018 22:55

Hahaha @Serendipity!! This thread has made my evening, I was properly pissed off earlier and now I'm grinning for Britain... Thank you OP!!

DroningOn · 22/06/2018 23:01

I think of figs when I see DH's, especially if he's a bit cold and they're a bit tight and wrinkly..... Great minds!

lidoshuffle · 22/06/2018 23:01

I've always thought kiwi fruit do. What a fruit salad that would make, kiwi, figs, and perhaps a banana?

Buzzing54 · 22/06/2018 23:26

YABVVVVU
You should be thinking of figs whenever you hold a testicle. That is clearly the correct way round to do it

grumpy4squash · 22/06/2018 23:36

I'm more with the kiwi fruits.
But I also think of willies (dicks/cocks/penises - any word will do) if I smell Brie, which is quite gross but I can't help it.

justilou1 · 23/06/2018 01:20

WHen you slice open a fig they resemble a diagram of a vagina and uterus. In Italy, the word for fig is Fica, and if you aren’t concentrating and lapse slightly into English when ordering and say Figa, you run the risk of offending someone as it’s cunt....

Historydweeb · 23/06/2018 01:24

Brie 😂😂😂😂

Mmmmmmmchips · 23/06/2018 01:31

I will never eat figs again

Look on YouTube for figs and wasps 🤢

Ellie73 · 23/06/2018 03:04

OMG GrinGrinGrin I will never be able to look at figs the same way again. Lol

DuchyDuke · 23/06/2018 06:30

Figs and pomegranates are like ovaries. It’s why in a lot of religions they are associated with female fertility.

LadyFilthPacquet · 23/06/2018 08:49

Loving these replies. I have never read around the subject of figs, Mere, but I will now do so because there are not a million more important things I should be doing Might avoid YouTube, though, Chips.

Grumpy, I had always thought more Camembert than Brie, but I will think about it next time I crack open a Brie.

Justilou, you have reminded me of a conversation I had in Germany. I thought I was talking about a dog's paws. Turns out I was talking about its cunt. Grin

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Lycanthropology · 23/06/2018 09:08

Well that's figs, kiwis and brie ruined for me now.
Seriously, grumpy do the willies you've known smell like brie? Envy Grin

0lgaDaPolga · 23/06/2018 09:32

I’ve never realised this about figs but you’re right 😂 I’ve always thought Vietnamese summer rolls feel very penis-like.